Sorry, I really don't understand what you mean by "Map". I have an html file called new.html that exists in the directory. I need that code to replace the code in every other html file in the same directory. This is a one time run. I am really a newbie so excuse this mess but might help explain ... #!usr/bin/perl $newfile = newfile.html $directory = /will/be/abs/path open(dir,$directory); $files=@file; foreach $file { if ($file =~ \.html) { $filename = $file; del($filename); copy($newfile, newfile.dat); ???? rename(newfile.dat, $filename); ??? } } As you can see, I am pretty much clueless...

In reply to Re: Re: Newbie needs help replacing files in a directory by Anonymous Monk
in thread Newbie needs help replacing files in a directory by Anonymous Monk

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